Dear Friends,
Today’s first reading tells the story of Jonah who was sent to Nineveh ‘in obedience to the word of the Lord’. In fact his first reaction was to run away! In the Gospel Jesus invites his first disciples to follow. They didn’t run away initially – but they did later! The weakness and frailty of human beings is not an obstacle to God’s call.
On Thursday we began the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Today Sunday there will be a special service in the Methodist Church in North Walsham at 6 pm and we have been invited to take part in it.
Lent will soon be with us. This year I shall be giving a short Lent course which will be for all three of our communities. More details nearer the time. The first session will be at North Walsham on Friday, 16th February at 7 pm.
Father James
The Senior Citizens Group at North Walsham meets Monday 22nd January at 11.00am. Following the usual morning activities and lunch Annie Abbs will talk about the newly opened North Walsham Community Shop and how it hopes to offer help and assistance to the community and how the group could benefit also from its services.
St Helens 4th Wednesday Club for senior citizens next meets 24th January. This will be our Christmas celebration. Coffee served from 11.30am, a simple hot lunch at 12.30pm followed by quizzes, poems, readings and a sing-a-long – do bring along your “party piece”! We finish with tea and cake at 4.00pm. All seniors welcome. If you are coming for the first time please leave a message on 01692 582418 (for catering purposes).
Items for the newsletter. Could we have all items relating to forthcoming events taking place in our three communities etc that are required for the newsletter, to be sent in to the office email address asap. sacredheart@computer-assist.net Thank you.
The next PPC Meeting will be on Tuesday 23rd January 2018 at 7.30 pm in the Committee Room at North Walsham. If any parishioners have issues they would like raised at the PPC meeting they should contact one of their church’s representatives.
Pauline Andrews is presently visiting Cambodia on behalf of the parish, travelling with the Support Cambodia team. To follow the journey please go to www.supportcambodia.org.uk and click on the blue Facebook button. No need to join Facebook.
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School in Norwich is looking for an enthusiastic, excellent and experienced teacher to work in their EYFS class from April 2018. Please visit the school website
www.stfrancisofassisi.co.uk or phone the school on 01603 441484.
The 2018 Yearbook & Calendar (Ordo book) is available in our churches – £3.00
We pray for and our sick parishioners, including Barbara Appleton, Margaret Wynes, Peter Walmesly and Linda Dawson.
We pray for those whose anniversaries occur this week including: Annunziata (Joyce) Cockrill, Dorothy Pearce, Gregory Noble and Jacqueline Beardshaw.
May they rest in peace.
Lots of warm clothes for refugees in northern France have been coming in to all three of our communities. Well done!
Living Simply
This month’s theme: Refugee Month
This week’s suggestion: Please bring to church the items of clothing that you have
collected for the refugees
